Andre changed the word 'friends' to 'girlfriends' then pressed enter to confirm the change. The app did its thing. Andre waited a minute before returning inside to see whether or not it had worked.
It had. On the the table where Andre had previously been sitting were 3 young women. Jess and Nisha were unchanged. The third woman was a female version of River. She had River's short hair, although it was now styled more like a 'Pixie' cut. She had a softer version of River's face, without the whiskers and was wearing bright red lipstick. River had been wearing blue jeans and a black t-shirt. So was this woman, although the clothes were now of a feminine cut and did nothing to hide her shapely body.
It was Nisha who first noticed Andre's return "There you are Andre, we were just saying how its such a pity you won't be here for River's actual birthday" Nisha had got up from her seat and given Andre a hug. Something the old Nisha would never have done.
Andre replied. "Are you planning anything for Tuesday?" he was looking at River once more. It seemed she had retained her name.
Jessica replied. "I'll cook River a cake and she can blow out the candles"
"It won't be fun without our man?" River replied. She gave Andre a sultry look. Andre had to admit she had a sexy voice.
"We might have to do something tonight" suggested Nisha. She looked at Jessica and River "How about we head back to my place and we give Andre that little surprise we discussed earlier?"